On April 8, Beijing time, the 2023 Chinese Football Association Super Cup began, with last season's league champion Wuhan Three Towns facing the defending champion Shandong Taishan of the FA Cup. In the 10th minute, Wei Shihao assisted Yakubu to break the deadlock, in the 56th minute, Xie Pengfei extended the lead for Wuhan Three Towns, in the 81st minute, Liu Dianzuo's huge mistake almost caused a big mistake, fortunately Taishan goal was blown out, in the 87th minute, Sun Junhao Zhihong was sent off, and finally Wuhan Three Towns defeated 10-man Shandong Taishan 2-0 and won the Super Cup in his first appearance.
Wuhan Three Towns and Shandong Taishan met twice in the Chinese Super League last season, both of which were drawn 1-1, while in the 1/4 final of the FA Cup, Taishan faced the three towns played by the all-Chinese class, and finally won the FA Cup.
The last time the Super Cup was held was in 2019, when Shanghai Port beat Beijing Guoan 2-0 to win the championship, and since then, the Super Cup in 2020, 2021 and 2022 has been suspended due to special circumstances. The last time Shandong Taishan played in the Super Cup was in 2015, when he beat Guangzhou Evergrande on penalties to win the championship, and Wuhan Three Towns had never appeared in the Super Cup.
In the 10th minute, Wei Shihao forced a heavy shot from the crowd on the left side, dribbled the ball to cross near the bottom line, Xie Pengfei took away a defender, and Yakubu, also a new signing of Three Towns, scored with a header, Wuhan Three Towns broke the deadlock, 1-0.
In the 16th minute, Wei Shihao broke through and forced a corner kick, Sanzhen sent the corner to the goal, Davidson's header was deflected over the goal.
In the 18th minute, He Chao made a mistake in passing at the back, Chen Pu took the ball into the box, and the final shot was saved by Liu Dianzuo.
In the 19th minute, Stanciu made a wide shift in midfield, Wei Shihao took the ball into the box, and finally swung Delgado's small angle shot and was saved by Han Rongze.
In the 28th minute, Han Rongze made a mistake and passed the ball directly to Xie Pengfei, but Xie Pengfei's adjusted long-range shot flew away.
In the 39th minute, Deng Hanwen created a free-kick on the right, Stanciu sent the ball to the back post, and Yakubu's header was slightly deflected.
In first-half stoppage time, Stanciu's free-kick was slightly deflected.
In the following first half, neither team scored, and Wuhan Three Towns led 1-0 into the second half.
In the 56th minute, Xie Pengfei's ball was blocked at the front of the penalty area, but the ball fell to the feet of Stanqiu, who shoved straight to Xie Pengfei, and Xie Pengfei scored a low shot in the box, and Wuhan Three Towns extended their lead, 2-0.
In the 61st minute, Davidson shoved the ball straight to Yakub, but his shot from a small angle in the Yakub penalty area was deflected.
In the 66th minute, Moisés sent the ball into the box, but Liu Yang moved slightly slower and was destroyed by Liu Yiming first.
In the 76th minute, Liu Yang crossed from the right, Fellaini unloaded the ball and directly faced Liu Dianzuo, but Fellaini's shot was too right and was saved by Liu Dianzao.
In the 79th minute, Taishan crossed from the right and Fellaini's header was denied by Liu Dianzuo.
In the 81st minute, Liu Dianza kicked the ball over Fellaini's back when he opened wide, and Liu Binbin finally shot from close range, but VAR reminded referee Ma Ning that the Taishan attacking player was offside and the goal was invalid, and Three Towns still led 2-0.
In the 87th minute, Son Joon-ho raised his foot too high and directly tackled Davidson, and was sent off by the referee directly with a red card. In the following time, the 10-11 Taishan soldiers were defeated, and Wuhan Three Towns won 2-0 to win the championship.
Wuhan Three Towns lineup: 22-Liu Dianzao; 3-Wallace (30' yellow card), 4-Wei Shihao, 9-Aziz (90mins 7-Edmilson), 10-Stanciu, 11-Davidson, 18-Liu Yiming, 20-Gao Junyi (61' yellow card), 21-He Chao (78mins 12-Zhang Xiaobin), 25-Deng Hanwen, 30-Xie Pengfei (68mins 8-Yan Dinghao)
Shandong Taishan lineup: 18-Han Rongze; 4 - Judson, 5 - Zheng Zheng (46 mins 6 - Wang Tong), 7 - Guo Tianyu (55 mins 25 - Fellaini), 10 - Moisés, 22 - Delgado (40 mins 19 - Sun Guowen), 27 - Shi Ke, 28 - Sun Junhao (87' red card), 29 - Chen Pu (26' yellow card 64 minutes 11 - Liu Yang), 37 - Ji Xiang (55 minutes 21 - Liu Binbin), 39 - Song Long